Nevado Las Agujas (
Spanish for ''The Snowy Needles'') is a
pyramidal peak in the
Andes Mountains of
Futrono
Futrono (from the Mapudungun: ''Futronhue'', meaning "place of smoke") is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Futrono. It is located in Ranco Province in Los Ríos Re ...
, in
Chile, close to the border with
Argentina. With an elevation of , it has a prominence of above the surrounding terrain. Together with
Cerro Chihuío
Cerro is Spanish for "hill" or "mountain".
Toponyms
;Bolivia:
* Cerro Rico, the "Rich Mountain" containing silver ore near Potosi, Bolivia
;Brazil:
*Cerro Branco, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul
*Cerro Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipa ...
, it forms the
granitic mountain massif of Nevados Las Agujas, which geologically belongs to the
North Patagonian Batholith The North Patagonian Batholith ( es, Batolito Nor-Patagónico) is a series of igneous plutons in the Patagonian Andes of Argentina and Chile.
Geology
The Northern Patagonian Batholith was formed in the Mesozoic Era and Cenozoic Era. It is made u ...
.
Las Agujas
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